Testimony of Church of Lyons to St. Stephen's Martyrdom-- Earliest Celtic Martyrdoms and Celtic Assemblies-- Christmas Day and St. Stephen's Day--Christmas Season and Three Classes of Martyrs--Dies Natalis and the Liturgies--Immediate Cause of St. Stephen's Death-- Locality of the Martyrdom--Newly-discovered Church of St. Stephen--Survey of Western Palestine-- Jewish Stonings--St. Stephen died under Forms of Law--Christianity and Human Law--Testimony of St. Clement's Epistle--St. Stephen and Prayer to Jesus Christ--Doctrine of Book of Common Prayer--St. Stephen's Funeral--Early Christian View of Resurrection--Story told by John Malalas--Persecution and Church Extension 322-345 CHAPTER XVII. SIMON MAGUS AND THE CONVERSION OF SAMARIA. Prominence of Hellenists in the Church's Earliest Days--Apostles and Deacons Contrasted--Source of St. Luke's Knowledge of Early Church History--St. Philip at Cæsarea--Exact Locality where Philip taught in Samaria--Our Lord's Ministry in Samaria a Failure-- Why?--Because the Spirit was not yet given--Presence of the Holy Ghost the Condition of Permanent Blessing--St. Philip and Simon Magus--Story of Simon as told by Justin Martyr--Evidence for Early Date of the Acts-- Justin and Simon's Statue--Simon a Sorcerer--Jews and Sorcery--Jewish Gnosticism--Fayûm Manuscripts and Magic--Contrast between Philip's Miracles and Simon's Magic--Need of Miracles at Outset of Christianity--Philip's Doctrine Concerning the Kingdom of God--What it involved--Church's Prosperity Dependent entirely upon Christ--Threefold Result of Philip's Teaching--John Keble on Christian Joy 346-368 CHAPTER XVIII. THE APOSTLES AND CONFIRMATION. Apostolic Mission to Samaria--Development of Church--Position of St. Peter--False Decretals-- Confirmation, Origin of--New Testament is not an Exhaustive Manual of Rites and Ceremonies--Tertullian on Standing at Prayer--Conservative Character of Church Ritual--Illustrated by Cases of Dean Hook, J. H. Newman, Tate and Brady, and the Plymouth Brethren--Apostolic Example Perpetuated in Second Century Practice--And in Case of Confirmation--Calvin on its Apostolic Origin 369-384 CHAPTER XIX. ST. PETER AND SIMON MAGUS. ACTS viii. 18, 19.